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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Florida
Austin Appleby
QB • 6'5" • North Canton, OH, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Austin Appleby is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
55
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
50
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Purdue • Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Player Story
Austin Appleby built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from North Canton, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Purdue. The clearest part of Austin Appleby's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Austin Appleby, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Purdue. Austin Appleby is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 4,469
- Passing yards
- 4,224
- Rushing yards
- 245
- Touchdowns
- 38
Quick Answers
Austin Appleby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 4,469
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Hoover · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Hoover · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 1,402 total offense · QB 124th (top 39%) · SEC 14th (top 9%) · National 141st (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 49.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 10 | 1,647 | 1,449 | 198 | 15 | 68.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 5 | 1,352 | 1,260 | 92 | 12 | 70.9 |
| 2016 Postseason | Florida | 9 | 211 | 222 | -11 | 2 | 59 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida | 9 | 1,191 | 1,225 | -34 | 8 | 59 |
Related Context
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Austin Appleby played QB for Purdue and Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Appleby recorded 4,224 passing yards, 245 rushing yards, and 7 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Purdue paired 1,352 primary output with 51.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 51.3 efficiency.
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Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Florida.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
5
Primary Metric / G
270.4
Efficiency
51.3
Usage
30.2
Consistency
83.2
Best Game by takeover score
Indiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Marshall: 282. Indiana State: 339. Virginia Tech: 121. Iowa: 259. Indiana: 351
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Marshall: 60 by 47. Indiana State: 46 by 67.8. Virginia Tech: 41 by 36.2. Iowa: 44 by 52.9. Indiana: 72 by 52.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins339 · Games = 1 · +85.8 vs Losses
Losses253.3 · Games = 4 · -85.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Indiana
Best efficiency game
67.8 vs Indiana State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | vs Indiana300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 36-54 | 36 | 57 | 332 | 63.2 | 2 | 2 | 52.6 | 15 | 19 | 1.30 | 2 | 14 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Iowa | L 20-40 | 23 | 40 | 259 | 57.5 | 1 | 0 | 52.9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Virginia Tech | L 24-51 | 9 | 28 | 110 | 32.1 | 0 | 2 | 36.2 | 13 | 11 | 0.80 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Indiana State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 38-14 | 20 | 34 | 289 | 58.8 | 4 | 0 | 67.8 | 12 | 50 | 4.20 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 9/6 | @ Marshall | L 31-41 | 31 | 48 | 270 | 64.6 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Player Story
Austin Appleby story
Austin Appleby built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from North Canton, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Florida and Purdue. The clearest part of Austin Appleby's career was his passing role: 4,224 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, 694 attempts, and 245 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Purdue. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 245 rushing yards and 7 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida and Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Austin Appleby moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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- 1
Purdue
2012-2015
Opening stop
- 2
Florida
2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201220132014201520162016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Purdue | 68 | 92.6 | 0.1 | 68 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Purdue | 1,647 | 59.6 | 19.8 | 1,579 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Purdue | 1,352 | 51.3 | 30.2 | -295 |
| 2016 Postseason | Florida | 1,402 | 53.9 | 15.8 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Florida | 1,402 | 53.9 | 15.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa
Week 11 · L 14-38 · Conference game
Loss with 68 yards of offense and 92.6 efficiency.
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Total Offense
96.3 takeover
68 total offense with 92.6 efficiency.
#2
vs Indiana
Week 13 · L 36-54 · Conference game
351
Total Offense
81.8 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
351 total offense with 52.6 efficiency.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 38-27 · Conference game
278
Total Offense
75.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
278 total offense with 89.8 efficiency.
#4
vs Indiana State
Week 2 · W 38-14
339
Total Offense
74.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
339 total offense with 67.8 efficiency.
#5
@ Minnesota
Week 8 · L 38-39 · Conference game
232
Total Offense
71.2 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
232 total offense with 64.7 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Purdue
1,352 primary output · 51.3 efficiency · 30.2 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · Purdue
68.8
1,647 primary · 59.6 efficiency · 19.8 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Florida
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1,402 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 15.8 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
8
Above avg efficiency
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